Minnesota Nursing Home Resident, 80, Dies After Suffering 'Severe Burns' in Motorized Scooter Fire: 'The Victim was Fully Engulfed'
"Preliminary findings suggest smoking likely caused this accidental fire," Ely Police Department said, identifying the victim as Marjorie Jane Hible
80-year-old on motorized scooter catches fire and dies at nursing home, MN cops say
Flames fatally engulfed an 80-year-old woman on a motorized scooter at a Minnesota nursing home, according to police. First responders received a 911 call around 4:40 p.m., Jan. 6, about a fire at the Boundary Waters Care Center in Ely, the Ely Police Department said in a news release.
Woman, 80, dies after catching fire on motorized scooter in Ely
An 80-year-old woman died after catching fire while on a motorized scooter outside an Ely nursing home Monday, according to authorities. The Ely Police Department said the incident happened just before 4:40 p.
80-year old in Ely, Minnesota dies after being "fully engulfed in flames" on motorized scooter
Police in the northern Minnesota town of Ely are investigating after an 80-year-old woman died after being “fully engulfed” by flames while on a motorized scooter.
Woman, 80, dies after motorized scooter she’s riding goes up in flames
An 80-year-old woman in northern Minnesota was “fully engulfed” in flames when the motorized scooter she was riding outside her care facility caught fire, triggering an investigation into her
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